Events
We are excited to have started reintroducing some fantastic events from our reopening in May. Please keep checking back for more coming soon and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest.
Thursdays in term time, 10.30am to 11.30am
Mini Museum invites families with children under 5 to come along to engage, learn and play at Newark's fantastic National Civil War Centre.
Monday 17 February - Tuesday 18 February February, 10.30am - 12pm
Join artist and writer Elizabeth Lambert for a unique workshop with Open Doors, where every object inspires a tale. Choose a curious object from the National Civil War Centre collection and craft your own short story, then bring it to life with expressive watercolour artworks for adults, or creative illustrations fit for any book, for children!
Tuesday 18 - Friday 21 February, at 10am – 2pm and 1pm – 3pm!
Pop in to see Open Doors’ Artist in Residence, Ryan Heath in his studio for a fun drop-in activity where you can create a river system inspired by the Trent. Combining storytelling, drawing, and dice-rolling.
Our gallery games, trails and Discovery Bags will also be available at the Family Friendly Museum Awards’ Best Small Museum 2024!
Friday 28 February, 7pm
Embark on a surreal journey with Open Doors' upcoming screening of Polish film, Mis.
Follow the misadventures of a football team manager whose trip abroad spirals into chaos when he discovers missing pages in his passport. Convinced his ex-wife is behind it, he dives into a whirlwind of doppelgängers, corruption, and bribery.
Friday 7th March, 7.30pm
This International Women’s day talk reveals the fascinating story of a seventeenth-century power couple and challenges our beliefs about women in this period.
Saturday 8th March, 10am to 4pm
Meet a very special lady and her friendly horse, find out how women played a special role in the Civil War as secret spies and learn the best way to hide a message during the Civil War using invisible ink and secret codes.
Saturday 5th to Saturday 12th April
Go undercover and become a Civil War secret spy on a museum mission in this fun family gallery trail!
Saturday 5th April, 10am to 4pm
Join archaeologists from the University of Leicester for a day of discovery with the chance to see a 3D printed replica of the King’s skeleton; ‘Ask an Archaeologist’ with excavation director Mathew Morris; and have a go at digging up bones! You can meet a medieval knight and create a Tudor flag too!
Saturday 5th April, 4pm
Join some of the archaeologists who discovered the remains of King Richard III in a Leicester car park to learn more about what their findings mean.
Thursday 24th April, 7pm
Discover the story behind the National Civil War Centre’s most striking artefact, Fairfax’s wheelchair.
Saturday 3rd May, 10am to 4pm
Join us for a very special musical celebration in our historic Tudor Hall. Listen to a real string band, find out all about musical instruments and have a go at music making!
Friday 23rd May, 7.30pm
Join archaeologist Mathew Morris to examine new evidence about the brutal sacking of Leicester in May 1645.